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Monday, August 08, 2016

Sauk County Sex Offender Arrested by U.S. Marshals in Iowa

Madison, WI - Caleb Funmaker, 29, from Baraboo, WI, was
arrested earlier today in Sloan, IA by members of the U.S. Marshals Northern
Iowa Fugitive Task Force. An arrest warrant had been issued by the Sauk County
Sheriff’s Office when Funmaker failed to update his sex offender registry information.
Funmaker was convicted in 2009 of third degree sexual assault in Sauk County
and required to register as a sex offender. This was the third time Funmaker
has been arrested for failing to comply with the sex offender registry since
2010. Funmaker was also wanted by the Wisconsin Department of Corrections for
violating the terms of his parole and the Woodbury County (IA) Sheriff’s Office
for contempt of court.

Members of the U.S. Marshals Service Badgerland Fugitive
Apprehension Squad initiated an investigation in locating and apprehending
Funmaker at the request of the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office. Through
investigative efforts it was determined that Funmaker was living at a residence
in Wisconsin Dells. With assistance from the Sauk County Sheriff’s Office, the
U.S. Marshals Task Force attempted to locate Funmaker at that residence but
determined that he had left Wisconsin and fled to Sloan, IA. The U.S. Marshals
Northern Iowa Fugitive Task Force with assistance from the Woodbury County
Sheriff’s Office were able to locate the vehicle Funmaker was driving and
arrest him in Sloan, IA. Funmaker was transported to the Woodbury County Jail
in Sioux City, IA.

The Badgerland Fugitive Apprehension Squad is comprised of
members of the U.S. Marshals Service, Dane County Sheriff’s Department, Sauk
County Sheriff’s Department, Wisconsin Department of Corrections and Wisconsin
Division of Criminal Investigations (DCI). Since the inception of the
Badgerland Fugitive Apprehension Squad in 2007, these partnerships have
resulted in over 2290 arrests. These arrests have ranged in seriousness from
murder, assault, unregistered sex offenders, probation and parole violations
and numerous other violent offenses.

The U.S. Marshals Service, established in 1789, is the nation’s
oldest federal law enforcement agency. More federal fugitives are apprehended
by the U.S. Marshals each year than by all other federal agencies combined.